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A Promising Discovery For Breast Cancer Therapy: Human Neural Stem Cells With Tumor Targeting Ability
Apr 24, 2012
Could engineered human stem cells hold the key to cancer survival? Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, have discovered that neural stem cells possess the innate ability to target tumor cells outside the central nervous system... Read More
American Lung Association New Guidance On Lung Cancer Screening
Apr 23, 2012
In the United States, lung cancer kills more people than any other cancer and has a five year survival rate of only 15%. With that in mind, the American Lung Association released updated guidelines on screening for lung cancer, based on research from the National Cancer Institute National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST)... Read More
Males With Mutated BRCA1 Breast Cancer Gene Have Higher Prostate Cancer Risk
Apr 23, 2012
Men who carry the mutated BRCA1 gene have a four times greater chance of developing prostate cancer than other males, researchers from the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust reported in the British Cancer Journal. The mutated BRCA1 is found in people with a family history of not only breast cancer, but ovarian cancer as well... Read More
Cervical Screening Rates Low In Some Groups
Apr 23, 2012
According to a study published in the Journal of Public Health, women who are young, non-Caucasian or live in areas of socioeconomic deprivation are less likely to attend cervical screening. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women, with around 400,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year... Read More
The Role Of Cholesterol In Cancer-Fighting
Apr 23, 2012
A Simon Fraser University researcher is among four scientists who argue that cholesterol may slow or stop cancer cell growth. They describe how cholesterol-binding proteins called ORPs may control cell growth in A Detour for Yeast Oxysterol Binding Proteins, a paper published in the latest issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry... Read More
The Worry For Many Breast Cancer Survivors Of Cancer Returning
Apr 23, 2012
"Cancer worry" is the fear that cancer will return, said researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center who studied cancer worry among breast cancer survivors and published their findings in Psycho-Oncology. They found that even three years after successful treatment, two-thirds of the 202 breast cancer survivors who participated in their study said they had "a moderate level of worry... Read More
Long-Lasting Fatigue After Breast Cancer Less Common Than Thought
Apr 23, 2012
Although breast cancer-related fatigue is common, it generally runs a self-limiting course and does not persist as long as people had thought; especially in cases of early-stage breast cancer, researchers reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The authors explained that long-term fatigue, which is often disabling, is common after patients undergo treatment for cancer... Read More
Cancer Prevention Efforts Outlined In Report
Apr 22, 2012
An annual report from the American Cancer Society says much of the suffering and death from cancer could be prevented by more systematic efforts to reduce tobacco use, improve diet and physical activity, reduce obesity, and expand the use of established screening tests... Read More
Possible New Cancer Treatment Identified
Apr 22, 2012
New research findings show how it may be possible to render cancer tumours harmless without affecting the other cells and tissues in the body. The findings apply to cancers including breast, lung and bowel cancer. The study was carried out at Lund University in Sweden... Read More
Current Views On Cancer Stem Cells Contradicted By New Findings In Breast Cancer
Apr 21, 2012
New findings in breast cancer research by an international team of scientists contradict the prevailing belief that only basal-like cells with stem cell qualities can form invasive tumors... Read More
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